Salna Without Vegetables / Plain Salna

                               

 Salna is a very tasty plain curry made without adding vegetables and can be served with parotta, puri, idiyappam or appam.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Salna Without Vegetables / Plain Salna.

Ingredients:-

Onion.                           -2
Tomato.                         -2
Green chillies.               -4
Ginger garlic paste.       -2 tsp
Kashmiri chilli powder.-1&1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder.         -1/2tsp
Coriander powder.        -1tbsp
Garam masala.              -1tsp
Curry leaves.                 -1sprig
Coriander leaves.           -few
Mint leaves.                   -few
Cinnamon.                     -2 small
Cloves.                           -2
Bay leaf.                         -2
Besan /gram flour.         -1&1/2 tbsp
Water.                             -as required
Salt.                                -to taste
Oil.                                 -3tbsp

For grinding Coconut Cashew Paste:-

Grated coconut.        -1cup
Fennel seeds.            -1tbsp
Kuskus/poppy seeds.-1tbsp
Cashew nuts.            -1/4 cup

Instructions:-

1). Grind grated coconut along with fennel seeds, kuskus (poppy seeds) and cashew nuts to a smooth paste.Keep aside the ground coconut cashew paste.

2). In a bowl add 1 and 1/2 tbsp gram flour (besan) and 1/2 cup of water and mix well without lumps.Keep aside the gram flour mixture.

3). Peel and chop onion into thin lengthy slices. Finely chop tomato.Slit green chillies. Finely chop few mint leaves and few coriander leaves. Keep aside.

Method:-

1). Heat 3tbsp oil in a wide bottom pan and add bay leaf, cinnamon and cloves into the pan and saute well.

2). Add thinly sliced onion and a pinch of salt into the pan and saute well till onion becomes translucent and golden brown. Add ginger garlic paste and saute well till raw smell goes.

3). Add slit green chillies and curry leaves into the pan and saute well in oil. Add finely chopped few coriander leaves and few mint leaves into the pan mix well.

4). Add finely chopped tomato into the pan and saute well till soft and mushy. Add kashmiri red chilli powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder and garam masala powder into the pan and mix well. Add required salt and 1/2 cup of water into the pan and mix well. Boil and cook the spicy masala mixture till raw smell goes.

5). Add ground coconut cashew paste and 1 cup of water into the pan and mix with spicy onion tomato masala mixture and boil well.

6). Add gram flour mixture into the pan and mix well without lumps. Add 1 and 1/2 cup of water and boil for 10 minutes on medium flame. Add finely chopped few coriander leaves into the pan and mix all the ingredients. Cover and cook for 15minutes on low flame and switch off the flame.

A very tasty Plain Salna / Salana Without Vegetables is ready to serve with parotta, chapathi, puri, Idiyappam or appam.

Raw Papaya Pickle

Papaya pickle is a homemade spicy and delicious pickle with raw papaya, green chillies, ginger, garlic and spices.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Raw Papaya Pickle.

Ingredients:-

Raw papaya.           -1 small

Green chilly.           -5
Garlic.                    -10
Ginger.                   -2 tbsp
Curry leaves.          -2 sprig
Dry red chilly.        -3
Mustard seeds.       -1tsp
Fenugreek.             -1/4 tsp
Vinegar.                 -1cup
Red chilly powder.-3tbsp
Turmeric powder.  -1tsp
Mustard powder.   -1tsp
Fenugreek powder.-1/4 tsp
Asafoetida.            -1/2 tsp
Salt.                       -to taste

Sesame oil.           -4tbsp

Instructions:-

1). Peel the outer skin of raw papaya. Wash the raw papaya and cut it into two halveslengthwise and remove the seeds. Chop the raw papaya into small thin and lengthy pieces.

2). Chop green chillies into small round pieces. Peel and chop garlic into thin lengthy pieces. Peel and chop ginger into small pieces. Keep aside the chopped green chillies, garlic and ginger on a plate along with chopped raw papaya pieces.

Method:-

1). Heat 4 tbsp sesame oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds and fenugreek seeds.Add dry red chilly and curry leaves into the pan and saute well. Add chopped green chilly, chopped garlic and chopped ginger into the pan and saute well till raw smell goes.Add chopped papaya pieces into the pan and saute well until soft and translucent (do not cover).

2). Add turmeric powder, red chilly powder, asafoetida, mustard powder, fenugreek powder and salt into the pan and mix well. Add vinegar into the pan and saute well for 2 minutes.Check seasoning and switch off flame.

3). Transfer the papaya pickle to a serving bowl to cool.

Raw Papaya Pickle is ready.Once cooled store the papaya pickle in airtight glass bottle and keep in the refrigerator and stays good for a week or more days.

Green Moong Dosa / Green gram Dosa

Green moong dosa / Green gram dosa is a healthy and instant dosa made with green gram and raw rice stuffed with fried onion.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Green Moong Dosa/ Green gram Dosa.

Ingredients:-

Whole green gram -1cup
Raw rice.                -3/4 cup
Green chillies.        -4
Ginger.                   -a small piece 

Lemon juice.          -2 tbsp
Salt.                        -to taste
Onion.                    -2

Instructions:-

1). Peel, wash and finely chop onion. Fry the finely chopped onion in oil till soft and slight golden brown. Keep aside the fried onion.

2). Wash and soak whole green gram and raw rice in water seperately for 4 hours.

3). Grind soaked green gram, soaked raw rice, green chillies and ginger together to a fine paste adding little water.Transfer the ground batter to a bowl.Add required salt and little water into the batter. Mix well and make it to a dosa batter consistency. Add 2 tbsp lemon juice into the batter and mix well.The batter is ready to make dosa.

Method:-

1). Heat a non stick dosa tawa on high flame and apply little oil on hot tawa. Sprinkle little water to cool the tawa and wipe it with a cloth.

2). Mix the batter with a ladle.Lower the flame to medium heat. Take a ladle of batter and pour it on tawa. Spread it on tawa and make a thin round dosa. Apply little oil on all sides and over the dosa. Cover and roast dosa on high flame for 2 minutes.

3). Flip dosa with a flat spatula to cook the other side. Add 2tbsp of fried onion on roasted dosa and fold the dosa to one side.

4). Remove the onion filled crispy dosa from tawa and transfer to a plate.Make dosa with the remaining batter.

Crispy Green Moong Dosa / Green gram Dosa is ready to serve. You can serve  green moong dosa with coconut chutney or pickle.

Avocado Smoothie.

Avocado smoothie is a very tasty, healthy, delicious and easy to make refreshing drink made with ripe avocado fruit.

 

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Avocado Smoothie.

Ingredients:-

Ripe Avocado.-1
Honey.            -1tbsp
Sugar.             -3 tbsp
Milk.              -2 cup
Ice cubes.       -as required.

Instructions:-

 

Cut ripe avocado into halves and remove the seed.Scoop out the avocado pulp with a scooper or with a spoon and discard the peel.

Method:-

1). In a blender add the avocado pulp, 1tbsp honey, 3tbsp sugar and blend to a smooth paste.

2). Add 1cup of boiled and cooled milk into the blender and blend again and make a smooth avocado paste.

3). Transfer the avocado smoothie to a bowl. Add required ice cubes and mix well.

4). Pour the avocado smoothie into the serving glass and serve cool.

Very tasty and delicious Avocado Smoothie is ready to enjoy.

Banana Chocolate Fudge .

Banana chocolate fudge is an eggless banana chocolate brownies topped with nutella chocolate spread.Banana chocolate fudgy is a very easy to make snack using ripe banana, maida /all purpose flour, cocoa powder and sugar.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Banana Chocolate Fudge / Eggless Banana Chocolate brownies

Ingredients:-

Ripe Banana.   -2
Sugar.               -3/4 cup
Maida.              -3/4 cup
Cocoa powder. -1/4 cup
Salt.                  -to taste
Melted butter.   -1/3 cup
Vanilla.             -1tsp
Nutella.             -1/4 cup

Instructions:-

Peel 2 ripe bananas and chop into small round pieces.

Method:-

1). In a wide bowl add chopped ripe banana pieces. Add 3/4 cup sugar into the bowl and mash the banana pieces along with sugar using a hand masher until combined.

2). Sieve together 3/4 cup maida /all purpose flour, 1/4 cup cocoa powder and little salt using a siever. Add the sieved maida cocoa salt mixture into the bowl and mix with the mashed banana sugar mixture.

3). Add melted butter and vanilla essence into the bowl. Fold the mixture with a spatula until all the ingredients are fully combined.

4). Grease a square size baking pan with little butter. Place a parchment paper inside the square pan and grease little butter on it.

5). Pour the brownie batter into the greased pan and spread the batter evenly. Gently tap the baking pan to remove the air bubbles.

6). Add nutella chocolate spread little by little on the top of the brownie batter in the baking pan using a spoon and spread it.

7). Preheat oven at 180 degree C for 10 minutes.Place the baking pan in preheated oven and bake the brownie for 30 minutes at 180 degree C. Then allow the baked brownie to cool completely.Once cooled invert the baked brownie on a plate.

8). Cut the baked banana chocolate fudge / banana chocolate brownie into desired sizes.

 

Eggless Banana Chocolate Fudge is ready. You can store it in an airtight container and keep in the refrigerator and it stays good for a week.